1. Objectifs

Intentions :
L’auteur a comme objectif «to examine what it meant to ‘be’ Shawville, and discover the source or sources of the community’s on-going strength and stability.» (p. 5)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
L’étude est basée sur la participation de 22 résidents de Shawville, Québec.

Instruments :
Guide d’entretien semi-directif

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse de contenu

3. Résumé

«My thematic analysis of the collected data began with the preparation of three ‘slides’ for consideration under my hypothetical collide-o-scope. The slides represent the three factors I originally posited as playing significant roles in Shawville’s resilience: geography, political economy, and socio-linguistic identity (‘Englishness’). There are several themes that weave through all three ‘slides’. Family, for example, was a significant theme in every interview and spoke to geography (making ‘place’ a question of relationship across space), political economy (speaking to making a living as a collective endeavour), and identity (identifying the deep roots and resonances of belonging).» (p. 57)